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Assigning dot (period) key as shortcut problem

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#1

Hi,

I am having problems setting hotkeys after upgrading to zBrush 2018. I am trying to config zBrush so that “.” is the hotkey for increase brush size. I add this to the startuphotkeys.txt file:

[ZPLUGIN:MISC UTILITIES :BRUSH>>,46]

But when I restart zBrush, the GUI reports that I’ve configured the DELETE key, which is obviously wrong! If I try to set the key manually through the GUI, I get the message that “Custom hotkey is not assigned to this item”. This worked fine in zBrush 4R8, as I recall, so I am wondering if anyone else has this problem in 2018 - or if anyone could check if they’re able to assign “.” to anything in the GUI?

#2

I have this problem too, I been google around, and can’t find anything useful.
Looks like the Dot key has been hard-coded in zb that can only function as delete, or dot.

I found a solution that if you have a keyboard with Macro support.
1,Make a Macro that send dot and right arrow, (1 keypress, 2 key send)
2.Assin this Macro to whatever key you like.
3.Assin the function you need as right arrow.

So it should works like:

  1. when you just scupting, press the Macro key, it will send dot(whitch is doing nothing most time) and send right arrow(Function you need)
  2. when you input numbers, press the Macro key, it will send dot(input dot as it) and send right arrow(move the cursor to the end,whitch is already at the end…)

If you don’t have a Macro supported keyboard just use autohotkey.
the script should look like

.::
Send {.}
Send {Right}

you can also use #IfWinActive, Zbrush
that make it only runs when zb is running.